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Re:Linus and RMS lead the popular vote for Next Microsoft CEO on Monday September 02, 2013 @06:16AM (#6314413)
That's pure nonsense.
Re:Things I did to improve my English and reduce my accent on Monday September 02, 2013 @06:00AM (#6314370)
I think GP meant the shakespearian accent, which is probably the same as the one used in american TV series or movies to sound british.
Re: on Saturday August 31, 2013 @12:06PM (#6307142)
Apparently they plan to make SSD based storage solutions, not drives.
Have you considered using http://codereview.stackexchange.com?
> Might not be doable in FreeBSD (incompatible with the branding)

Perhaps something more in line with BSD would be a sacrifice(2) syscall? It would pick a random process and...

Re:New Zealand bans some software patents on Wednesday August 28, 2013 @02:57PM (#6291954)
Here is a question for the lawyers out there (which I am not): would it be possible to conceive a legal framework somewhat similar in spirit to the GPL, but with the goal of making any patent relying on it free of charge, ie. such that a patent delivered under those terms would be free of use, but also impose the same terms to any patent building up on its content?